Anonymous wrote:In a scenario in which you’ve narrowed down to three choices:

1. Ivy- affordable but will be tight
2. T20- same
3. State school full ride

Would you choose the Ivy due to legacy? Or just prestige? Or both?

Hi OP,
Did your kids get into the legacy school? Just wondering what you think helped wth their admission?

Anonymous wrote:Legacy is on the way out.

If there is any chance of it being helpful, you must ED.

OP is asking a different question -- whether parents and kids take legacy status into account in choosing a college from those who accepted kid. You're talking about whether colleges consider legacy status. Different question.

Cornell says that legacy only considered if you apply ED.

In response to another poster, one benefit of top schools is being surrounded by top students, which means the student has to raise their game.

Quality of education depends on: 1) quality profs with high standards - which exist at many schools; 2) a focus on good teaching - usually secondary at big research universities; 3) sufficient resources and critical mass - so wide selection of classes, labs, etc.; and 4) how hard the student works.

Anonymous wrote:Legacy is on the way out.

If there is any chance of it being helpful, you must ED.

Can you tell me more about what indicators say legacy is the way out?

Legacy is on the way out.

If there is any chance of it being helpful, you must ED.

First, focus on major. There are a bunch of useless non rigorous majors at universities today that will barely get you into a $15/hr job after you graduate from any school. Avoid these majors

Second, pay close attention to prestige and Grade inflation if you want to keep options of grad school open. One without the other is useless.

In my mind, the reason you choose HYS over all other schools is not the quality of education. It's because they throw out A's like candies. They have so dramatically watered down their grading policies that I personally have lost all respect for the quality of their students on average. Their education is not any better, In many cases it's worse, but till the broader market catches on, a 3.8 from HYS is a lot more valuable than a hard fought 3.4 from a State flagship, even though you may have received a better education at the state flagship.

Anonymous wrote:Ivy - quality of education (not prestige)

lol. The quality of education is not different.

Not me

not meaning to be snarky - honest comment that you might check in with us after your DC has been accepted / achieved those results - rather than before.

Anonymous wrote:Ivy - quality of education (not prestige)

BS. It’s based on prestige and prestige ONLY and you know it. You don’t know which Ivy, which other T20, or which public. You don’t know which area of study. And even if you did it’s unlikely you’d have any first hand knowledge about the quality of education at all three in order to make a valid comparison.

Ivy - quality of education (not prestige)

In a scenario in which you’ve narrowed down to three choices:

1. Ivy- affordable but will be tight
2. T20- same
3. State school full ride

Would you choose the Ivy due to legacy? Or just prestige? Or both?